Funding search · EIN 237410867 · Glencoe, IL

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

508
grants reported
$11.2M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Chicago Public Media4 grants · $850,000
  • Northwestern University4 grants · $789,025
  • Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $775,000
  • Food & Friends4 grants · $725,500
  • Washington University in Stlouis4 grants · $618,000
  • Columbia College Chicago4 grants · $410,000
  • Project Lifeline4 grants · $325,000
  • Pritzker College Prep4 grants · $310,000
  • Writers Theatre3 grants · $300,000
  • Hyde Park Art Center4 grants · $285,000

Giving over time

$2.7M
2021
$2.6M
2022
$2.8M
2023
$3.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 508 grants.

  • $253,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Food & Friends · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Food & Friends · Washington, DC · 2023

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  • $250,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $208,025

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

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  • $208,000

    Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2023

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  • $200,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $200,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $200,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $200,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $200,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

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  • $195,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $195,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $185,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $175,500

    Food & Friends · Washington, DC · 2021

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  • $175,000

    Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2024

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  • $160,000

    Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $155,000

    Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2022

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  • $127,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021

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  • $125,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Shasta · Mount Shasta, CA · 2021

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  • $125,000

    Project Lifeline · Glencoe, IL · 2021

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  • $105,000

    Food Animals Concerns Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $100,000

    Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022

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  • $100,000

    Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $92,500

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2021

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  • $85,000

    Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $85,000

    Pritzker College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $83,000

    Sabew · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

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  • $83,000

    Society of American Business Editing and Writing · Fountainview, PA · 2023

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  • $80,000

    Project Lifeline · Glencoe, IL · 2023

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  • $80,000

    Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2021

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  • $75,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Pritzker College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Pritzker College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $75,000

    Pritzker College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $70,000

    Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $70,000

    Project Lifeline · Glencoe, IL · 2022

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  • $65,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $65,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Wsan Gabriel Valley · Monterey Park, CA · 2023

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  • $65,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $65,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Wsan Gabriel Valley · Monterey Park, CA · 2022

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  • $65,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Wsan Gabriel Valley · Monterey Park, CA · 2021

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  • $63,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023

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  • $60,000

    Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $60,000

    Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $60,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $60,000

    Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $60,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $56,000

    The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $55,000

    The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $53,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Chapter One Nfp · Odessa, FL · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Food Animals Concerns Trust · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Prepare Kids for Life · Port Hueneme, CA · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Project Lifeline · Glencoe, IL · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Utmostu · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Chapter One Nfp · Odessa, FL · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Food Animals Concerns Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Prepare Kids for Life · Port Hueneme, CA · 2023

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  • $50,000

    The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Utmostu · Chicago, IL · 2023

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  • $50,000

    World Federation of Youth Clubs · Orlando, FL · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Chapter One Nfp · Evanston, IL · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Food & Friends · Washington, DC · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Prepare Kids for Life · Port Hueneme, CA · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022

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  • $50,000

    World Federation of Youth Clubs · Orlando, FL · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Food Animals Concerns Trust · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Prepare Kids for Life · Port Hueneme, CA · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Society of American Business Editors and Writers · Fountainview, PA · 2021

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  • $50,000

    University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    Utmostu · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $50,000

    World Federation of Youth Clubs · Orlando, FL · 2021

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  • $45,000

    Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $45,000

    Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme · Oxnard, CA · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura · Ventura, CA · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley · Santa Paula, CA · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center · Mount Shasta, CA · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme · Oxnard, CA · 2023

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley · Santa Paula, CA · 2023

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  • $40,000

    Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme · Oxnard, CA · 2022

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley · Santa Paula, CA · 2022

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme · Oxnard, CA · 2021

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  • $40,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley · Santa Paula, CA · 2021

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  • $35,000

    Journalism Development Network · Washington, DC · 2024

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